Linking Paragraphs Worksheets

Sentence Starters – Linking Paragraphs

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Worksheet One

This worksheet accompanies slide 6 of Linking Paragraphs.ppt

Opening paragraphs anagrams

Unscramble the anagrams below of the different ways that paragraphs can begin.

The answers are muddled up and each anagram provides a clue to help you.

(an _ shows a space between two words)

1. a u l i s a _ v l c a e r b e d

Clue: A group of words which modify or describe a verb.

Answer______

2. h c e e p s

Clue: When a character talks to another character.

Answer______

3. a t t m t e n s e

Clue: A clear and careful form of expression.

Answer______

4. n c i c j n t u n o o

Clue: A linking word.

Answer______

5. e n u q r t h o r l o i a c s i _ t e

Clue: When a character or the narrator asks something for effect.

Answer______

6. a e d v r b

Clue: A word which modifies or describes a verb.

Answer______

Worksheet Two

This worksheet accompanies slide 13 of Linking Paragraphs.ppt

Identify opening techniques

Read each paragraph opening and match it to its technique.

Draw a line between the boxes to link them.

All the quotes are from © Across the Nightingale Floor, Lian Hearn, Macmillan, 2004.

Worksheet Three

This worksheet accompanies slide 15 of Linking Paragraphs.ppt

Describing the setting

The writer, in the paragraph below, describes the setting of the Sea King’s realm.

In the deepest spot of all, stands the castle of the Sea King. Its walls are built of coral, and the long gothic windows are of the clearest amber. The roof is formed of shells that open and close as the water flows over them. Their appearance is very beautiful, for in each lies a glittering pearl, which would be fit for the diadem of a queen.

from The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen, 1872

Draw a picture, in the space below, of the Sea King’s realm.

Sentence Starters – Linking Paragraphs

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Worksheet Four

This worksheet accompanies slide 16 of Linking Paragraphs.ppt

Describing the character’s psychology

In the paragraph below, a young man called Maan is told to get married.

Marriage was the last thing on Maan’s mind; he had caught a friend’s eye in the crowd and was waving to him. Hundreds of small coloured lights strung through the hedge came on all at once, and the silk saris and the jewellery of the women glimmered and glinted even more brightly. The high, reedy, shehnai music burst into a pattern of speed and brilliance. Maan was entranced. He noticed Lata making her way through the guests. Quite an attractive girl, Savita’s sister, he thought. Not very tall and not very fair, but attractive with an oval face, a shy light in her dark eyes...

Write down three things that you know about Maan.

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2. ______

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3. ______

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Worksheet Five

This worksheet accompanies slide 17 of Linking Paragraphs.ppt

Leading up to a significant point

In the paragraph below, Maan is being watched by an unknown man. How does the writer create tension so that we know something is going to happen?

Maan was left in the courtyard flagged with grey stone; the porter climbed the flight of stairs and disappeared once again. It was late afternoon, and the heat was intense in this paved and walled oven. Maan looked around him. There was no sign of the porter or Firoz or Imtiaz or anyone. Then he detected a slight movement in one of the windows above. A rustic, middle-aged, well-fleshed man with a grey-and-white walrus moustache was examining him from the upper window.

Write down three ways the writer creates tension.

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2. ______

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